Pelosi says Republicans who may have helped U.S. Capitol rioters should be prosecuted
The Capitol Police is investigating whether Republican members of Congress led people through the Capitol the day before the attack.
The Capitol Police is investigating whether Republican members of Congress led people through the Capitol the day before the attack.
While the impeachment trial will be held after Trump has left office, it’s still unclear exactly how the trial will proceed if Senate Republicans vote to convict Trump.
Trump defended his fiery rally remarks to a protest crowd last week as "totally appropriate," and he showed no remorse for the violent protest that took place at the U.S. Capitol.
A vote on articles of impeachment is expected as early as Wednesday. It could make Trump the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice.
“I do think the president committed impeachable offenses, but I don’t know what is going to land on the Senate floor, if anything,” Toomey said.
If the Democrats are successful in their attempt, Donald Trump would be the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.
Adam Christian Johnson, 36, was quickly identified on social media and was identified by the Bradenton Herald as being from Parrish, a community about 40 km south of Tampa.
``We must take action,'' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Friday on a private conference call with Democrats.
Nancy Pelosi spoke to the top U.S. military commander about taking precautions to ensure that Trump cannot order a nuclear strike in his remaining 12 days in office.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who is a Missouri Democrat and a minister, made up the word during the swearing-in of a new Congress.
The new Congress convened Sunday, just two days after lawmakers ended their contentious previous session.
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Spray paint on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's door in Kentucky on Saturday read, "WERES MY MONEY."
Senators will be back at it Wednesday as McConnell is devising a way out of the political bind, but the outcome is highly uncertain.
Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business in a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation.
Democrats used a voice vote to make Pelosi, D-Calif., their choice to serve two more years in her post.
By retaining the House, Democrats will control the chamber for four consecutive years for only the second time since 1995, when Republicans ended 40 years of Democratic dominance.
A party must win 218 seats to form a majority in the House and all 435 seats are set to be contested during the 2020 U.S. Election.
Under the Constitution, the vice-president serves as the largely ceremonial role of Senate president and can break a tie vote.
The debate over, investors will again be focused on hopes for another round of aid for the U.S. economy.